My most recent acquistion!

[SuperCars]

Bob, the Slicks and front tires were taken off by him. He had the street tires with black rims, so he could drive it on the street. But he claims he only put 12 miles on it in the 2 years he owned it. He was headed the one mile from his house to his storage unit to retrieve the Slicks, etc, for shipping. He claims a tie-rod came loose and he lost steering. It was this mile that became his last mile and total mileage of "13".

[olredalert]

------In point of fact I havent raced "Red Alert" for about five years now,but not because I dont want to.Would love to still be out there driving but just cant seem to get cranked up to do the labor anymore.The longer you delay,the more work there is to get back in the saddle.Im guessing that this may be the case with this formerly beautiful Hurst car.I dont know anything about the specifics,but making a pass on slicks,on the street,can have disastrous consequences.Slicks are made for a controled environment.As you guys know,the least amount of almost anything under one tire can kill you.Plus,if this car was restored without thought to going back on the strip,who knows how the suspension was set up.The driver obviously didnt build the car,didnt campaign the car,and just plain didnt know what he was doing with it.Once a deposit is accepted,the car is effectivly sold.This man was not driving his car when he lost control and destroyed it.Very sorry to hear all this,Kevin........Bill S

-----Kevin.....your last post came on while I was writing this post.Obviously,alot of what I just said apparently doesnt apply.Just as obviously alot still does.I still feel just as bad for all concerned!!!!!!.....Bill S

[whitetop]

Hello Bill
I quess we can respectfully agree that we disagree on how hard these "one of one" treaures should be run. I would not personally run your car down the strip for fear of some calamity happening. Almost like taking a B-17 back into Iraq for a sortie.
Dave

[olredalert]

-----While bad things can happen on the strip for sure,equally as bad things can happen to these cars every day of thier existence.On the way back from Scottsdale "Ol Red" got loose in the trailer and due only to pure,unadulterated luck very little damage happened.I used it as an excuse to go over a few things and freshen up a little.Another ten miles would have been disastrous.
-----Ask Bill P about trailering problems!Most of the time it seems as though its not the racing that gets us.
-----Yesterday I went to my storage building and noticed a rather large section of steel corrugated roof flapping in the wind.Thankfully it was at the opposite end of a rather large building,and not a problem to my cars but it could have been over mine just as easily.You just never know!..........Bill S

[Canucklehead]

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-----While bad things can happen on the strip for sure,equally as bad things can happen to these cars every day of thier existence.On the way back from Scottsdale "Ol Red" got loose in the trailer and due only to pure,unadulterated luck very little damage happened.I used it as an excuse to go over a few things and freshen up a little.Another ten miles would have been disastrous.
-----Ask Bill P about trailering problems!Most of the time it seems as though its not the racing that gets us.
-----Yesterday I went to my storage building and noticed a rather large section of steel corrugated roof flapping in the wind.Thankfully it was at the opposite end of a rather large building,and not a problem to my cars but it could have been over mine just as easily.You just never know!..........Bill S

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Becouse as mentioned, you never know what might happen to your car even if your careful. It could be destroyed at anytime no matter what you do, so drive it and enjoy. Here's a picture of my ride when i first got it.

[hvychev]

Man I can't belive it! [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/frown.gif[/img] Sorry to hear that Kevin. I was just reading the Muscle Car review article about a week ago. It has a cool vintage pic of the car with aluminum slots on it! [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/cool.gif[/img]

[hotrodchev]

Kevin,

About the only positive thing I can think to tell you is if in fact the seller is telling the truth about the steering, thank god you weren't behind the wheel when this happened. This is truly unfortunate for everyone involved, but we all know you'll rebuild it back to it's old glory and make it better than it ever was.

As Red Green would say, "Keep your stick on the ice, we're all pulling for ya".

Tim
"HotrodchevII"